... Following a four-hour meeting today between NFL players and owners on the subject of inequality and social change, the NFL and NFLPA put out a joint statement characterizing their talks as “productive.” However, according to Willie Colon, the former NFL lineman who’s now an analyst for SNY, “nothing got done” ...

Reaction was a mix of cheers and boos, according to The Associated Press.Skye, 22, appears to have taken a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Mattermovement, based on an Instagram post about the evening, which included video of her performance and the hashtag #blacklivesmatter.

...Players and Teams Who Protested During National Anthem In Week 7CHRIS CHAVEZ
Sunday October 22nd, 2017

... 49ers vs. Cowboys
At least six members of the 49ers including Marquise Goodwin, Eric Reid, Eli Harold, Joe Williams and Reuben Foster were seen kneeling on the sidelines. No members of the Cowboys knelt. David Irving was seen with his first over his heart and then briefly raised it after the anthem ...

... Bob McNair, Texans:“We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”
McNair was speaking in response to the business concerns posed by the protests, and his characterization of the players as “inmates” reportedly shocked many in the room. McNair later told NFL executive Troy Vincent, who objected to the term, that he felt “horrible and that his words weren’t meant to be taken literally,” according to the article, but it’s not hard to see why that turn of phrase might not go over well ...